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• v  reject with contempt
  She spurned his advances
• s  rebuffed (by a lover) without warning

• Fearful of globalization, tired of paying into a Brussels bureaucracy to which they never really warmed, unsure of the European Union's purpose and extent, voters spurned their .
• As the film recounts, when the judges of a Miss Manila contest spurned her in favor of another competitor, the youthful Imelda complained so bitterly to the capital's then mayor .
• Sgolne Royal finally has finally acquiesced to an image she had angrily spurned: the Indulgent Mother of the French Republic.

• reject
• spurn
• freeze off
• scorn
• pooh-pooh
• disdain
• turn down
• jilted
• rejected

News & Articles

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• MANVILLE: Six will seek two council seats
  Spurned by the GOP organization in March, Sherri Lynn and Lou Petzinger are making the race for two Manville Borough Council into a six-way affair.
  June 14, 2013 - The Manville News
• Cuadrilla Received Interest from Several Majors about Shale Asset
  Owners of prospective U.K. shale acreage spurned interest from four of the world's biggest oil companies Exxon Mobil Corp., Royal Dutch Shell PLC, Total SA and Statoil ASA in favor of a deal with Centrica PLC, a person familiar with the matter said Friday.
  June 14, 2013 - Rigzone
• Hollywood thinks Dwight Howard is a turkey, wants to make him a star
  Dwight Howard is a turkey. That's not the opinion of spurned Orlando Magic fans. That's Hollywood talking.        
  June 14, 2013 - Orlando Sentinel

Quotes

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• Jamie Siddons in AFP
  From a good position of 49-1 we lost four wickets,Bangladesh's Australian coach Jamie Siddons said. "We did the same in the second match where we lost crucial wickets and spurned a chance to win the series there. Taylor showed how our...
• Peter Roebuck in Independent Online
  Although the well-paid selectors remain obtuse, the time has come to think about tomorrow. The team chosen for the SCG Test does not serve the purpose. An opportunity to play a young opener and an aggressive spinner has been spurned,wrote...
• Ignacio Bunye in Inquirer.net
  It is regrettable that Senate President Villar has spurned the Supreme Court's good intentions for a compromise on the use of executive privilege. This is obviously an act motivated by personal ambition rather than statesmanship,said Bunye in...